Latvian and Finnish Speaking countries

Latvian and Finnish as Minority Language

In Latvian and Finnish speaking countries you will get the countries which have Latvian and Finnish as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Latvian and Finnish dialects, then you can go to Latvian vs Finnish Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Latvian and Finnish Regulators

Latvian and Finnish speaking countries provide you Latvian and Finnish regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Latvian State Language Center regulates Latvian language.Finnish is regulated by Institute for the Languages of Finland. Also get to learn, Latvian and Finnish Language History.

Latvian and Finnish Continents

Thinking about Latvian and Finnish continents in which Latvian and Finnish speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Latvian and Finnish. Most of the Latvian speaking countries lie in Europe. While Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Latvian and Finnish languages:

Latvian Interesting Facts:

• The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
• The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.

Finnish Interesting Facts:

• Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
• In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.

The Latvian language was derived from and is similar to Lithuanian Language whereas Latvian language is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages and derived from .